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American Railroads: Decline and Renaissance in the Twentieth Century
Robert E. Gallamore, John R. Meyer
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| #589750 in Books | imusti | 2016-11-21 | Original language:English | 9.20 x1.30 x6.20l,.0 | File type: PDF | 528 pages | Harvard University Press||14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.| All about railroads|By Peter G. Cook|This book is is a comprehensive review of the history of railroads and other modes of transport in the United States. The low rolling friction of steel wheels on steel rails is the underlying technology of railroads. The resulting transport system does not carry as much weight as water transport, is not as flexible as trucks, not as conv||This book is a readable and provocative economic and business history of American railroads over the twentieth century. It draws together the themes of infrastructure development, regulation, stagnation and financial crisis, deregulation, and finally revitaliz
Overregulated and displaced by barges, trucks, and jet aviation, railroads fell into decline. Their misfortune was measured in lost market share, abandoned track, bankruptcies, and unemployment. Today, rail transportation is reviving. American Railroads tells a riveting story about how this iconic industry managed to turn itself around.
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